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AWNING (No' Model.)

No. 284,882. Patented Sept. 11, 1888.

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J. MOYNAN.

AWNING. 8 No. 284,882. Patented Sept. 11, 1883.

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NITE STATES PATENT OFFicE.

JosEPHMoYNAN, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,882, dated September 11, 1883.

I Application filedJ'uly 12,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH MOYNAN, of Brooklyn, E. D., in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Awnings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a front elevation of my improvement shown as applied to a storefront.

Fig. 2, Sheet 1, is a plan View of the same,

parts being broken away. Fig. 3, Sheet 2, is a sectional side elevation of the same, the awning being shown extended. Fig. 4, Sheet 2', is the same section as Fig. 3, but showing the awning rolled up. Fig. 5, Sheet 2, is a side elevation of the sliding quadrantal bracket. Fig. 6, Sheet 2, is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 7, Sheet 2, is a sectional plan view of the grooved slide for the bracket-brace. Fig. 8, Sheet 2, is a front elevation of the upper part of the same.'

The object of this invention is to provide awnings for the fronts of stores and other buildings, constructed in such a manner that they can be readily protected from the weather, and can be conveniently raised and lowered.

The invention consists in an awning con structed with sliding brackets carrying hinged rods having a sign-board hinged to their outer ends, to which is attached the outer edge of a canvas attached to a spring-roller jour-' naled in. a box formed in or secured to the wall of the .building, so that the awning can be rolled up into the said box.

To the end edges of the canvas of the awning are attached end curtains provided at their angles with cords, which at one end are grooves B, to receive the flanged bases 0 of the.

passed through eyelets in the canvas, and are attached to small spring-rollers connected with the sign-board, whereby the awnings, when the other ends of their cords are released,will be drawn up against the underside of the said canvas automatically, as will be hereinafter fully described.

To the posts of the front of the building are attached bars A, in which are formed T- brackets The upper parts of the front flanges of the bars A are cut away, as shown in Fig. 8, to allow the flanged bases 0 of the brackets D to be readily inserted and re- 5 5 moved.

There it may be inconvenient to use the v grooved bars A, they may be replaced by rods; but in this case the flanged bases must be replaced by guide-eyes formed upon or attached to the said brackets, to receive and slide upon the said rods.

The construction first described is preferred, as giving greater firmness to the awning.

The brackets D are made in the form of a quarter of a circle, are made double, and to them, at their angles, are pivoted the ends of rods E, so that the said rods can be swung from a vertical to a horizontal position. The rods E can be secured at any desired inclination by pins F, inserted in holes inthe curved bars of the brackets D,upon the opposite sides of the rods E, as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6. Several holes are formed in the curved bars of the brackets D, to receive the pins F, so that the rods E can be adjusted to extend the awning more or less, as may be required. The outer ends of the rods E are bent downward, are curved forward, and are bent upward at rightangles to the'bodies of the said rods, as

shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and to the said ends is hinged the middle part of the sign-board G, which fits into an opening in the front of the box H, formed in the space behind the sign-board or in the cornice, or secured to the wall of the building.

To the upper part of the inner side of the sign-board G is attached the lower edge of the awning-cover or canvas I, the upper edge of which is secured to and wound arounda spring- 0 roller, J which is j ournaled to the ends of the box H, or to other suitable supports.

To the end edges of the canvas I are secured the inclined edges of triangular end curtains, K, to the free angles of which are secured the 9 5' cords L. The lower ends of the cords L are left free, and are designed to be secured to hooks, belaying-cleats, or other suitable fastenings attached to the wall of the building, to hold the said end curtains in place. The upper part of each cord L is passed through two eyelet-holes, M, in the canvas I in such posipull of the spring-roller J, being greater than that of the two spring-rollers N, will hold the lower part of the sign-board G pressed against the upright end parts of the rods E, and consequently in a vertical position.

\Vhenthe awning is long, three or more rods E can be used, and when the awning is wide thesaid rods can be made telescopic to enable them to be readily adjusted into a vertical position against the wall of the building. With this construction, when the awning is not required for use, the lower ends of the cords L are released, and the end curtains, K, will be drawn up against the under side of the canvas I by the spring-rollers N. The rodsE are then swung into a vertical position, the brackets D are drawn downward in the grooves B, and the canvas I and end curtains, K, are automatically wound upon the roller J bringing the sign-board G into the opening in the box H, and thus inclosing the awning in the said box, nothing being left exposed to the weather but the rods E, as illustrated in Fig. 4. Eyes 0 are attached to the sign-board G to receive a hook for drawing the awning down when re quired The brackets D can be secured in place, when adjusted, by pins, spring-catches; or other suitable fastenings.

Having thusfully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a box for receiving an awning, having a front opening and a hinged awning-frame, of asign-board hinged to the outer end of said awning-frame, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the sign-board is made to serve the double purpose of a sign-board and a door for the box, as set forth. I,

2. An awning constructed substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of the sliding brackets D, the hinged rods E, the hinged sign-board G, the canvas I, the springroller J, and the box H, as set forth.

3. In an awning, the combination, with the canvas I and the hinged sign-board G, of the end curtains, K, the cords L, and the spring rollers N, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said end curtains can be readily'rolled up withthe canvas, as set forth.

4. In an awning, the combination, with the hinged rods E, of the quadrant-a1 brackets D,

made double and with perforations in their curved bars, and the pins 15, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said rods can be readily adjusted at any desired inclination, as set forth.

JOSEPH MOYNAN.

XVitnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, EDGAR TATE. 

